Improved extension-table



N4 PETERS, PHOTO-L THOGRAPH LAMBERT'FREEM-AN,

OF NEW YORK, N.

Leners Parma' No. 88,028, dated March 23, 1869.

` IIVIPROVED EXTENSION-TABLE.

The' Schedule referred. to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom 'it may concewt:

Be it known that I, kLAMaERm FREEMAN, of New York, in the county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin ExtensionTables; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which--Figure 1 is' a top View of my improved table, part of the stationarypart of the top being broken away.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the linex, tig. 1.

Figure 3 is a side view of a pile of detached leaves.

' Similar letters vof reference indicate corresponding My invention hasfor its object to furnish a simple and convenient extension-table, whichshall be so constructedthat it may be extended much or little, as may'be desired, and which will be firmly supported, however much it maybeextended, and whether extended at one or both ends; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the parts by means ofwhich it is extended, as hereinaftermore fully described.-

. A is the frame of the table, which is supported upon legs-B, ofsuitable height,'and to which the central, or stationary part C, of thetop, is securely attached.

D are the end-leaves of the table-top, to each of which is securelyattached a leg,1E, so that the said end-leaves will be securelysupported, however much or little they may bev drawn out.

F arelong bars, the outer ends of which are securely attached to theend-leaves D, and which enter lon g grooves formed for them in the frameA.

, The bars-F are made long, so that when the leaves D are Apushed closeto the top, C, the free ends of the said bars may project beneath theleaf of the other end of the table.

The movements ofthe bars Fare' limited by theistoppins j', attached tosaidbars, and which strike against the end parts of the-frame A, betweenthe said bars F, both when the end-leaves are pushed in, and whendrawnout, said pins being made of such a length as to pass each otherabove the division-flange c, by which the two bars at each side of thetable are ,kept in proper position while moving in and out.

Beneath the central, or stationarypart of the top of the table, areformed boxes, or receptacles Gr, for the reception ofthe detached leavesH, which are put into and taken out of the said receptacles G through anopening in the end-frame of the table, which opening is closed with aslide, a2, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

To the under side of each of the detached leaves H, near their ends, areattached narrow cross-bars h,which, when the said leaves are packedintothe reeeptacIesG, keep them apart,- and, by permitting the freecirculation of air between them, prevent them from warping. g

rlhe stationary top, or leaf C, end-leaves D, and detachable leaves H,are all provided with dowel-pins in the ordinary manner.

By this construction in extending the table, one or both the end-leavesare drawn out to the desired extent, and the detached leaves H are drawnout and arranged in their places, the table standing equally firmwhether one or both leaves are drawn out, or whether the table beextended much or little.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Theextension-table, having the two long sides of its body A provided withthe double grooves, for the passage of the long bars F, which areatt-ached to the leaves D, the space between said double-grooved sidesbeing lled with the deep box Gaone ofwhose ends is closed by thevertically-sliding board a2, all arrangedaud operating as described, forthe purpose specitied.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 20th day of Janual-y, 1869.

LAMBERT FREEMAN. vWitnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, JAMES T. GRAHAM.

